Depending on the variety, a serving of lettuce has about 0.5 to 1 gram of protein, but scientists are working to change that. It turns out that chloroplasts, which usually produce chlorophyll, can be modified to make myoglobin, a protein found in meat, instead. — Read the rest
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The Linden Ave Bridge in Zanesville, Ohio continues the tradition of humbling clueless truck drivers. Once again, the flashing lights, ear-splitting siren, and copious signage do nothing to deter the driver of this box truck, who confidently slams into the protective barrier, peeling open an impressive chunk of the truck. — Read the rest
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Anthropic updated its usage policy to protect Claude from bullies. Along with clarifications on child sexual abuse material and weapons development, the 2026 Usage Policy update prohibits users from "Engag[ing] in sustained and needless abusive or cruel behavior toward our models"
The update published yesterday, and effective in November, along with sections titled "Do Not Undermine Democratic Processes" and "Do Not Generate Sexually Explicit Content" is a section called "Do Not Engage in Cruel, Abusive, or Psychologically Harmful Conduct." — Read the rest
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The gorgeous, adorable puzzler Machinarium is getting a sequel seventeen years after its release. Machinarium 2 looks to be a worthy successor to the original, with everything that made it great. According to the publisher Amanita:
Every environment in the game is hand-drawn, in a style inspired by old master drawings and Renaissance landscape paintings, and every robot is richly animated.
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A new online game turns looking for a job into a game like the Oregon Trail, only more depressing. In the Job Trail, players choose to play as a recently laid-off designer, copywriter, or software engineer looking for a new employer in the AI-hellscape that is 2026. — Read the rest
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Neal Agarwal's site, Neal.fun, is filled with, well, fun stuff from the vaguely tortuous Password Game to the wholesome Internet Roadtrip. His latest creation, in collaboration with Wired, feels like an indictment of late-stage capitalism. Spend Elon Musk's Money is a follow-up to Spend Bill Gates' Money, in which you make virtual purchases to deplete all the filthy lucre. — Read the rest
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Autonomous is an AI-forward company that sells everything from a coaster that tracks how much water you drink, a creepy-cute Pixar-esque companion lamp, to $20,000 backyard office pods. Another offering is the Autonomous Key, which promises to help kick the doomscrolling habit. — Read the rest
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The new Star Wars racing game is available for free on a service you likely forgot exists. Star Wars: Galactic Racer is out today on PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam, but also on Amazon Luna, free to play for Prime members. — Read the rest
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Gen Alpha's slang makes it clear what kids think of so-called artificial intelligence. As reported by the Guardian, the most savage burn a young person can hurl at you is "That's AI" or "That's so AI."
The kids – gen Alpha – have noticed that certain qualities of AI-generated slop, such as the way it's superficially convincing but ultimately cheap and of dubious value, can be found in lots of other things: knock-off merchandise, exaggerated claims, excuses your parents make.
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If you have ever eaten French fries in the vicinity of seagulls, you have experienced kleptoparasitism, even if you don't know the word. Seagulls snatch fries from humans. Bald eagles harass ospreys into dropping fish. Pea crabs live inside mollusks like clams and oysters and steal their food. — Read the rest
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A couple of years ago, the Pokémon Company clarified that Poké Balls are not tiny pocket monster prisons, but rather like a "high-end suite room in a fancy hotel." Japanese company NOT A HOTEL is a sort of high-end timeshare/fractional ownership company specializing in unique architecture and picturesque locations. — Read the rest
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In 2019, Durham, North Carolina's Can Opener Bridge, formerly with 11 feet, 8 inches of clearance, was raised to 12 feet, 4 inches, reducing but not eliminating the entertaining and completely preventable shearing off of roofs and air conditioning units. — Read the rest
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